Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Tuesday shipped its "MVP 07 NCAA Baseball" title for PlayStation 2 to retailers. Developed by EA Canada, the first official college baseball game ever to be released features former Long Beach State pitcher Jered Weaver on the cover. The title also includes commentary from ESPN's Kyle Peterson, a former All-American pitcher at Stanford. Separately, EA said it has released its "NASCAR 07" mobile game for Sprint subscribers.

Washington - Ken Rosenthal, a former baseball columnist for the Baltimore Sun and current senior baseball writer for FOXSports.com, has signed with XM Satellite Radio to become a weekly contributor on its baseball talk radio channel, MLB Home Plate. Beginning this week, Rosenthal will appear on XM's "Baseball This Morning" with hosts Mark Patrick, Buck Martinez and Orestes Destrade. He will also make appearances on "Baseball Beat" with host Charley Steiner, and will also appear on the channel when major news breaks on or off the field.

MLBAdvanced Media’s (MLBAM) hiring yesterday of Kenneth Gersh, as SVP of Business Development, marked a good excuse for a baseball fan to get an update on the pervasively expanding digital media empire. Though Gersh won’t be starting his new position until September 18, I spoke with Jim Gallagher, their SVP of Corporate Communications, to get a better idea of what Gersh will be focusing on in his new position.